Independence Historic District (Evansville, Indiana)

Independence Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Independence Historic District, July 2011
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Location	W. Franklin St. and Wabash Ave., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37°57′51″N 87°33′27″W / 37.96417°N 87.55750°W / 37.96417; -87.55750Coordinates: 37°57′51″N 87°33′27″W / 37.96417°N 87.55750°W / 37.96417; -87.55750
Area	33 acres (13 ha)
Built	1880 (1880)
Architectural style	Italianate, Romanesque, Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference #	82000102
Added to NRHP	February 1, 1982

Independence Historic District, also known as the West Franklin Street-Wabash Avenue Historic District, is a national historic district located in the Lamasco neighborhood of Evansville, Indiana. The district developed after 1880, and encompasses 95 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. It includes commercial and residential properties and representative examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque, and Beaux-Arts style architecture. Notable buildings include the West Branch Carnegie Library (1912), Laval Block, Heldt-Voelker Hardware Store (1890), First Federal Savings, Gerke Building, August Rosenberger House (1894), and St. Boniface Church (1882, 1902).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.